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diff --git a/extensions/libxt_connbytes.man b/extensions/libxt_connbytes.man index b5608a35..e475cae7 100644 --- a/extensions/libxt_connbytes.man +++ b/extensions/libxt_connbytes.man @@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ scheduled using a lower priority band in traffic control. .PP The transferred bytes per connection can also be viewed through `conntrack -L` and accessed via ctnetlink. +.PP +NOTE that for connections which have no accounting information, the match will +always return false. The "net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct" sysctl flag controls +whether \fBnew\fP connections will be byte/packet counted. Existing connection +flows will not be gaining/losing a/the accounting structure when be sysctl flag +is flipped. .TP [\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-connbytes\fP \fIfrom\fP[\fB:\fP\fIto\fP] match packets from a connection whose packets/bytes/average packet |